Applicability of publicly reported hospital readmission measures to unreported conditions and other patient populations a cross-sectional all-payer study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 631-639

  Butala, Neel M ^a   Kramer, Daniel B ^b   Shen, Changyu ^b   Strom, Jordan B ^b   Kennedy, Kevin F ^c   Wang, Yun ^d   Valsdottir, Linda R ^b   Wasfy, Jason H ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046474051     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M17-1492     Document Type: Article

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